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package java.awt.datatransfer;

/**
 * Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to
 * a clipboard. An instance of this interface becomes the owner
 * of the contents of a clipboard (clipboard owner) if it is
 * passed as an argument to
 * {@link java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard#setContents} method of
 * the clipboard and this method returns successfully.
 * The instance remains the clipboard owner until another application
 * or another object within this application asserts ownership
 * of this clipboard.
 *
 * @author Amy Fowler
 * @see java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard
 */

public interface ClipboardOwner {

  /**
   * Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner.
   * This method will be called when another application or another
   * object within this application asserts ownership of the clipboard.
   *
   * @param clipboard the clipboard that is no longer owned
   * @param contents the contents which this owner had placed on the clipboard
   */
  public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents);

}
